I am sure the 49ers were thinking about running as much time off the clock as possible so Baltimore wouldn't have much time left. If San Francisco scores before the two minute warning and Baltimore comes back and scores the winning touchdown ever won is criticizing the coach for leaving too much time on the clock.

I don't think so, that drive should have ended with a TD and conversion, yes the Ravens had 2 minutes to go but guess what, the pressure then is for the Ravens to come from behind in the death clutch of a SB.

Pressure like that could of made it worse for the Ravens, than for the 49ers as they had all the momentum.

Rubbish. The Niners were robbed by the officials. It should have been personal foul and first down for the Niners when the placekicker was bulldozed! And Byonce's big butt and thighs was bad juju and obviously chosen to favor the Ravens. The Niners needed an Elton John or Ricky Martin to pull off this Superbowl.

Anybody who believes professional ball sports aren't fixed is ignorant.

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Anybody who believes professional ball sports aren't fixed is ignorant.

So how, exactly, do you think the Superbowl could be fixed?

It seems many European soccer games have been fixed in recent years. One way has been to bribe a referee who awards a dubious penalty at a crucial point. Seems a very 'hit and miss' approach to obtain a certain result given all the other variables in a game.

But it does happen and is apparently extremely profitable for the gangs running it.

Philip

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It seems many European soccer games have been fixed in recent years. One way has been to bribe a referee who awards a dubious penalty at a crucial point. Seems a very 'hit and miss' approach to obtain a certain result given all the other variables in a game.

But it does happen and is apparently extremely profitable for the gangs running it.
Philip

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Originally Posted by Paul Mann III

I'm no snitch.

Let's just say it is a 'family' affair.

Speak of the Devil, just found this:
"At a press conference in The Hague, in the Netherlands, the European Police announced that after investigating more than 700 football matches across Europe, they found 380 of them to have been fixed, including Champions League, World Cup qualifiers, and European Cup qualifying matches."

Speak of the Devil, just found this:
"At a press conference in The Hague, in the Netherlands, the European Police announced that after investigating more than 700 football matches across Europe, they found 380 of them to have been fixed, including Champions League, World Cup qualifiers, and European Cup qualifying matches."

that report has made some big waves here. The beautiful game corrupted by mere people.
god forbid

Beautiful as a pig's ass...

Ball sports breed corruption and violence among both players and fans.

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Anybody who believes professional ball sports aren't fixed is ignorant.

Of all the professional sports the NBA is the worst. Not so much with point shaving or fixed games but with helping superstars score points. As great as Michael Jordan was he had more help from the refs than baseball players get help from steroids. Just look at his game winning shot against Utah in the 1998 NBA Finals.

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Oh get off it Paul. Sports fixing, cheating and looking for an illegal edge have been here since the ancient Olympics and beyond. There are many reports of runners, wrestlers and boxers doing any number of illegal things to win. Note, those are all not ball sports!

It isn't the game or what they play it with......it is the people involved and the importance put on it. If college wrestling, judo or swimming brought the fame and money ball sports do we would be reading the same about them!

Regards,
Dennis

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Oh get off it Paul. Sports fixing, cheating and looking for an illegal edge have been here since the ancient Olympics and beyond. There are many reports of runners, wrestlers and boxers doing any number of illegal things to win. Note, those are all not ball sports!

It isn't the game or what they play it with......it is the people involved and the importance put on it. If college wrestling, judo or swimming brought the fame and money ball sports do we would be reading the same about them!

Regards,
Dennis

The people? Oh yeah, like the guy who got busted with 500 lbs. of dope?

Or the the ones who kill their women?

Impressive.

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